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2004 ALCS, Barry Bonds, Boston Red Sox, Cooperstown, David Ortiz, Fred McGriff, Grady Liddle, Hall of Fame, Hank Aaron, Jeremy Giambi, Jose Canseco, Manny Ramirez, Mark McGwire, Minnesota Twins, Rafael Palmeiro, Sammy Sosa May 10, 2013

David Ortiz’s Hall of Fame Candidacy

Ortiz’ enshrinement in Cooperstown is borderline as of now.

Losing Focus

How baseball writers have made the Hall of Fame all about them.

In Case Of Emergency: Barry Lamar

While the Nation holds their breath in anticipation of a David Ortiz return slated to begin around the end of the month, there still lies the possibility our Papi will never be able to find his pre-wrist injury form. The two sessions of batting practice prior to the last couple games against Minnesota have gone [...]

Rocket fueled by syringes: How does this impact Roger Clemens' legacy?

Roger Clemens spent 14 years in the Boston Red Sox organization. He is tied for first place in all-time Red Sox victories with Cy Young and his Hall of Fame plaque has already been made. Despite the vitrol of Red Sox fans, the clarity of the fact that Clemens prefers the Yankees organization (remember, he’s [...]

Youk to third?

Well, if Mike Lowell decides not to come back to Boston the move of Kevin Youkilis to third base seems logical. Who would replace YOOOOOUUUKKK? The answer lies in the obvious and the not so obvious. The obvious: is calling up Jeff Bailey (.245/15/60) from Pawtucket in the sense that there would be no trades [...]

Reaction To Bonds*

With one swing of the bat, the sanctity and cleanliness of sports’ most cherished record vanished. Like a cannonball, Barry Bonds 756th home run rocketed off his bat and fell into the sixth row of the right-center field bleachers at SBC Park in San Francisco. A whole-hearted applause from Giants fans followed, ignoring the outlined [...]

Halfway Home; Video of Bonds' homer at Fenway

I just got back from the long, rain-soaked affair at Fenway, so forgive me if I cop out and bring you a guest column by Marlins Today‘s writer, Andy Lavin — also a Red Sox fan. Below the article, you will find two pictures (and notice the one above with Okajima!) I took at the [...]

Milestones

While the Red Sox march towards 100 wins and an AL East crown, there are several milestones ahead of us now that Slamming Sammy Sosa notched his 600th homer on Wednesday. Sosa has had his share of problems: he was caught using a corked bat (but only one; the rest were clean) and was called [...]

Bonds homers, Sox win 9-5

The top of the lineup consisting of J.D. Drew and Dustin Pedroia are getting on and the Boston Red Sox (44-24) are winning with the new one-two tandum. Tim Wakefield (7-7) picked up his seventh win of the season going 5.2 innings, on eight hits, five earned runs, one walk, three strikeouts, and two homeruns [...]

Ramirez lifts Sox past Bonds and Giants 1-0

In a series where all eyes are on the Barry Bonds homerun chase, Manny Ramirez was the one who went yard to give the Boston Red Sox (43-24) the 1-0 victory over the San Francisco Giants (30-37). It was all about the pitching in this one as there was a total of nine hits between [...]

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